by DaviddesJ
Rainstar wrote:
However, if you interpret the rules in that way, you are saying that the terms initiate combat in point 1, start combat in point 2, and start combat in point 3 refer to different things. This is either terminologically or logically inconsistent.
I thought you were being hyperprecise? But the words "start combat" don't appear anywhere in either of those sections of the rules.
Section 2 says "If your move started a combat" and section 3 says "Combat starts by drawing and/or revealing all enemies". I guess your argument is that when your move starts a combat, then you must immediately perform the steps described as "Combat starts"? That doesn't make much sense to me and I don't think this would be a common reading. It's especially implausible here because of the ordering of the rules: first they describe how to determine what enemies you're fighting, and then they tell you to draw and/or reveal those enemies.
Your approach requires the following time sequence: first, draw and/or reveal all enemies you are facing; then, subsequently, determine which enemies you are facing. Isn't that problematical?